| 2026-06-18 | FERC issues Federal Power Act Section 206 show-cause orders to all six RTOs/ISOs on large-load interconnection — RM26-4-000 rulemaking itself remains un-acted-on
6 src Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| reported |
| 2026-05-01 | DOE §202(c) emergency coal-retention order log through May 2026: 43+ orders, ~4.4 GW stalled across 6 plants, D.C. Circuit challenges filed
10 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy · NIPSCO · Earthjustice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-16 | FERC misses DOE-ordered April 30 deadline on large-load interconnection Docket RM26-4-000 — issues Intent to Act order committing to June 2026 action
6 src Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-25 | EIA launches three voluntary pilot field studies on data-center energy use — first federal data-collection attempt since the 2024 crypto-mining survey was litigated away, but data-center-wide rather than crypto-specific
3 src U.S. Energy Information Administration · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-19 | EPA issues Section 7(b) Brownfield/Superfund AI datacenter reuse guidance on EO deadline — CERCLA liability retained, energy and water proximity required
6 src Lee Zeldin · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-07 | General Matter Wins $900M DOE Contract for HALEU Uranium Enrichment at Paducah
4 src Department of Energy · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-23 | Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026
6 src Chris Wright · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-23 | Senator Markey Alleges Energy Secretary Wright Using Position to Benefit Former Nuclear Firm Oklo
2 src Chris Wright · Ed Markey · Department of Energy |
| reported |
| 2025-09-23 | Trump Demands 10% Equity Stake in Lithium Americas During $2.26B Federal Loan Renegotiation
2 src Donald Trump · Department of Energy · General Motors |
| reported |
| 2025-07-24 | DOE selects four federal sites for AI datacenter buildout — Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Savannah River Site — implementing Section 3 of the July 23 EO
5 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-23 | Trump signs Executive Order 'Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure' — 100 MW threshold, NEPA categorical-exclusion creation directive, <50% federal-financial-assistance carve-out from NEPA 'major Federal action'
7 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-14 | Founders Fund Leads $50M Round for Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter; Peter Thiel Joins Board
6 src Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-13 | Judge Alsup Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees, Rules OPM Mass Terminations Unlawful
4 src AFGE · AFSCME · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Veterans Affairs · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-14 | DOE Resumes LNG Export Approvals: Commonwealth LNG First Permit, Five Major Facilities Approved by September
7 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | Energy Secretary Wright owns $54 million in fracking company stock
3 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2024-03-01 | DOE/EIA settle Riot Platforms/Texas Blockchain Council suit: withdraw the emergency crypto-mining electricity survey, agree to destroy data already collected, commit to a future notice-and-comment survey
4 src New Civil Liberties Alliance · U.S. Energy Information Administration · Department of Energy · Office of Management and Budget |
| confirmed |
| 2024-02-22 | Riot Platforms and Texas Blockchain Council sue DOE/EIA/OMB over emergency crypto-mining electricity survey (Form EIA-862); federal court grants nationwide TRO within 24 hours
4 src New Civil Liberties Alliance · U.S. Energy Information Administration · Department of Energy · Office of Management and Budget |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-06 | Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Solar Panels, Heat Pumps, and Grid Components
3 src Joe Biden · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2002-10-05 | WHIG Systematically Withholds Contradictory Intelligence from Congress
3 src White House Iraq Group · Stephen Hadley · Scooter Libby · George Tenet · +4 |
| confirmed |